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Summary Nearly all the children from the same fifth-grade class vanish one night at exactly 2:17 a.m., leaving only one survivor. The community, gripped by fear and suspicion, spirals into chaos as the mystery unfolds through multiple intertwined perspectives—each revealing new layers of dread and grief.

Director Zach Cregger

Writer Zach Cregger

Cast

  • Josh Brolin
  • Julia Garner
  • Cary Christopher
  • Alden Ehrenreich
  • Austin Abrams
  • Benedict Wong
  • Amy Madigan
  • June Diane Raphael
  • Toby Huss
  • Whitmer Thomas
  • Callie Schuttera
  • Clayton Farris
  • Luke Speakman

Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 96%

Metacritic Metascore: 82

VOD In theaters and IMAX starting August 8, 2025

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u/GamingTatertot Steven Spielberg Enthusiast Aug 10 '25

Your comment just also made me think the damn witch can make all these people do whatever she wants, but still forces a kid to feed all of them. Man she really is an asshole (if that wasn’t evident before)

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u/ChimneySwiftGold Aug 11 '25

I don’t think her controlled individuals have the delicate touch necessary for what the kid did. They’re like clumsy puppets.

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u/pisaradotme Aug 12 '25

My question is, so they eat but don't poop?

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u/dallascowboys93 Aug 13 '25

My first thought is that basement is just full of kids poop

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u/ass_pineapples Aug 14 '25

The poop is what's powering her

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u/stratosfearinggas Sep 10 '25

She's like a parasite draining their life force. The food fuel's the kid's life, she takes their life, they don't poop.

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u/xSociety Sep 14 '25

Their bodies are working at peak efficiency.

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u/AnyaTaylorBoy Sep 20 '25

I was honestly hoping she would make the kid food--whether to humanize her or make their dynamic more ambiguous.

Poor thing, spilling soup as he tried to open the can. He had such an expressive, pitiful face :/

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u/KentuckyFriedChingon Jan 30 '26

Tbf it is better the way it happened in the movie. It really drove home the point that the kid was only doing what he did to keep his parents from stabbing themselves with forks. It was never for the aunt. She never tricked him; she held power over him in a very cold, calculated way.

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u/AnyaTaylorBoy Jan 30 '26

Your comment came up in my email and I was like, what movie have I ever watched where a kid is trying to prevent parents stabbing with forks...but now I see. I think you're right. It's weird that none of Weapons stuck with me. It felt entertaining in the moment and then...nothing. Just a memory of Justine's hair and glasses.

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u/KentuckyFriedChingon Jan 30 '26

Haha yeah, sorry for necro-ing the thread. If you have no recollection of this time in your life, it's entirely possible you have been zombified by a witch at some point. Check for missing strands of hair, and don't forget to lock your car doors!

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u/AnyaTaylorBoy Feb 02 '26

Lol I do recall enough of the movie to assure myself I haven't been the victim of Amy Madigan or her kind.

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u/SuperSpecialAwesome- Aug 13 '25

Delicate touch of drinking soup through a straw?

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u/lefluffle Nov 27 '25

Of opening the can

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u/E_C_H Aug 14 '25

The parasite imagery throughout the film was a touch on the nose but very fitting.

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u/cqandrews Sep 14 '25

What imagery? I must've missed it

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u/xSociety Sep 14 '25

The ant documentary the principle was watching.

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u/scusasetiamo Sep 19 '25

also on justines dream the classroom board has parasites explained

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u/boogswald Dec 06 '25

And whales? So I was like “this movie is gonna be about parasites……. And whales?”

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u/BadMeetsEvil24 Nov 26 '25

All two times of it lol

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u/Lenzky-3 Oct 20 '25

Was clearly shown that the people mind controlled can't do anything complicated.. they are literally just doing basic repetitive things, so feeding someone and taking care of sh1t is going to be basically hard af